Climate discourse and economic downturns: The case of the United States, 2008-2013

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-20

  Schor, Juliet B ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Discourse; New economics; Politics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NATIONAL STRATEGY; SUSTAINABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911405771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2014.04.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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